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V > ; , . * - 1 I THE CAMDEN WEEKLY JOURNAL, VOLUME 14 CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA TUESDAY MORNING MAY 24,1853. NUMBER^ PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY . /v j THOMAS J. WARREN. t, TERMS. 5 Two Dollars if paid in advance; Two Dollars and (j Fifty Cents if'payment bo delayed three months, and ,, Three Dollar* if not:paid tijl the expiration of the year. ll - ADVERTISEMENTS will bo inserted at the fol- 0 lowing rates: For ope Square, (fourteen lines or less,) ti seventy-five cents lor the first, and thirty-seven and a ? half cents for each subsequent insertion. Single in- (J portions. one dollar per square; semi-monthly, monthly and quarterly advertisements charged the same as 11 for a single insertion. J^*The number of insertions desired must be noted p on the margin of all advertisements, or they will be Q published until ordered discontinued and charged ac- .1 cordinglv. ???.?^ ^isrellnneons. j,' A Boy Stolen by Indians. Mrs. Ellet, in her new and beautiful volume b just published, entitled "Summer Rambles in the ? West," gives the following touching passage in f the life of an early emigrant to Michigan, by the g name of Filley, whoso misfortunes excited sym h pathy and interest in all who heard his story. *< The circumstances resemble those of the capture & of Franees Sloctnu at Wyoming, familiar to rea- t' ders of our border history, and are worth re la- t) ting as illustrative of the dangers to which pio- S( neer residouts were exposed. r< Ami Filley was a native of Windsor, Connec ticut, and iu 1831 married a daughter of Col. Ci William Man ia, of Granville, iu Massachusetts. n Three or four years after, he removed with his r' family to the locality afterwards occupied by the r. town of Jackson, in Michigan. It was then a t1 wilderness. He settled here, and by industry v ?ud good management soon found himself in b possession of a productive farm, while by the v rapid incoming of emigrants, the place grew into ^ a populous and flourishing village. Numerous n tribes of Indians were in the vicinity, and whole 6 wandering families often visited the home of the 11 white people, yet an amicable understanding al- n ways prevailed between them, and nothing had Q occurred to disturb these friendly relations. b In Augyst of the year 1837, Filley^ little son, a a, child five years of age, was taken by Mary o Mount, the hired girl, into a swamp a mile or so v distant, to gather whortleberries. The father at g that time was in thafield harvesting; the swamp f was not far from the residence of the girl's fatli- C er, and one account states that Mary was joined H by her sister. The boy, it seems, became tired ,s or sleepy, and wanted to go home; and about b four o'clock Mary took him to the road and told 6 him to run on to Mount's house, which was in v sight, and wait for her. When she had picked ' her supply of berries, she went to her father's, but learned that Httle William had not been there. Supposing that the eliild had gone home. a she proceeded to Mr. Filley's, but found that he c had uot returned. The alarmed parents instant- d ly set out to search for him, and were assisted r by the neighbors, for the news soon spread * through the village and its vicinity ; watebfires t were kept up all night, and though in the midst ll of harvest, all labor was suspended, in the anxie- ' ty every one felt for the Recovery of the child. s For more than a week the search was kept up, h day and nigkP, and every rod of ground, every * Dook and thicket, were thoroughly examined for more than thirty miles around. Every pond and 11 stream was dragged, and, and as an encourage- ' ment to continue the search, Filley offered a re- a ward for the recovery even of the body of his a child, in the papers printed in different parts of v the country. , I Some had sU8$ciohs of foul play, and a care- ' ful search was made, not only in the swamp, but' 11 on Mount's premises; even the floor of his cellar ' was taken up: but nothing was found to justify proceedings against the girl. One circumstance pointed conjecture in another direction k Two c miles from the swamp, on an Indian trail, a pa 1 per with a picture was found, which it was remembered the little fellow had as a plaything 1 when last seeu. .. When asked if lie had ever any i difficulty with the Iudians, which might have v caused feelings of animosity towards him, Filley i called to mind that he had once struck one ot f tK.irl t*? lliu liohi'l nf mmtinor until u VlK'iu, jrt uv uau vvvii iu %?.v. v. ...... his companions and helping himself at his house \ to what he liked. Filley had remonstrated li against this intrusion and robbery several times: ( and when he enforced his reproof with blows, t the savages departed with threats of vengeance, t The little boy had always been fond of them, * and it might be that they had retaliated by steal- j ing him. Another causse of resentment is said r to have been Filley's having ploughed up an old \ Indian burial ground. c Inquiries were made among the different tribes t and families in the vicinity, and large offers of r reward tendered to the chiefs and leading men, t but no satisfactory result followed. Mr. Filley i left his home and traversed the wilds of Michi- f gan, Wisconsin and Iowa, in the hope of gaining j some intelligence, but all his efforts were vain, ^ and he returned to the heartbroken mother with t the sad certainty that their little William was f lost! j For several years the stricken family endured 1 this worse affliction than the bereavement of ' death; for had they buried their child, time ( would have softened grief, and the certainty tjiat c his pure spirit had taken its departure to a world of happingts, would have been a deep consola- . tion. But the awful uncertainty that hung over r his fate, aud the reflection that he might have fallen into cruel hands, or be brought up amidst scenes of violence and bloodshed, caused an abi a ding sorrow. As time rolled on, ho >e was ex- ( tinguished, but the lost one was not forgotten, ^ and every Lour of peace was darkened by the I harrowing thoughts and fears associated with ' their calamity. The mother became the prey ^ of a lingering disease, and at length sunk into the grave. Some time after Mrs. Filley's death, letters * were received from Filley's former residence in v Connecticut, in which mention was made of u v boy taken from some wandering Iudians in Al- ^ b .ny, supposed to Lethe same who had been '' stolen in Michigan. The authorities of the city, hearing that a white child was with the savage*,' caused the arrest of those who claimed him, and' * endeavored to compel them to confess whence " he had been brought. The Indians, however, r obstinately refused to make any disclosure, th. ugh c alternately coaxed and threatened, and were fi- 6 nally dismissed, the boy being placed in the Orphan Asylum. In 1844, a Mr. Cowles, of Tolland, Massachusetts, happening to bo in Albany, * eard of this boy aB one suitable to have bound | o him as a servant, applied for Lira and took im home. His history was told as an interestig one, and not long after the Rev. Dr. Cooley, f Granville, who visited the place, and heard lie story, caine to the conclusion that it was no ther than Filley's son. He had heard the detils of the loss from the boy's grandfather, Coloel Marvin, near whom he had lived. lie imlediately communicated to Marvin the infortation obtained, and no time was lost by the itter in sending the tidings to Ftlley, who Impelled then to be on a visit to his old home in lonnecticnt. He went at once to Tolland, where lie lad still remained, and from an account that as circulated in Jackson the following year, it jemed that he was firmly convinced, by the apc irance of the boy, that he was no other than is owt. The boy had a distinct recollection of having een sent to school among white children; he Iso recollected mat at. ins oia nume ukr; .vo babies, who were always kept in a .box toother; this was really the case, as Mrs. Filley ad twins. After his capture he had constantly jsided in the same family, which consisted of >ur Indians?Paul and Phebe Ann Prye, Maria, their daughter, and a man who lived with icm. They adopted the white child as their >n, and he was taught to believe that he was jally so; in fact, lie supposed himself and Inian boy, and was not aware of any difference of omplexion or blood till he was taken away from is companions at Albany. The first place he 2membv-red visiting was Green Bay, of the sceney of which he gave a tolerably correct descripion. In travelling thitcher the Indians either rent or returned by water, as he remembered eing on a steamboat. In their wanderings he .'ould sometimes be sent to beg clothes or food ir himself and the family. Duriug the sumters they made peregrinations through Michi;an and New York, occasionally visiting Conecticut, and atone time were encamjicdat Sto-' ington for several weeks. In the winters they uartered themselves in wigwams, in the tieighorhood of some village, sulisistiug on rabbits nd other small game, and feasting sometimes n bullfrogs. They manufactured baskets, with rliich they often sent the boy to ti?-> nearest ;rocery to buy whiskey. lie rememhe *ed par ieularly living near Detroit, Utica, Broihertown, )..tskill and Hudson, and being several months t Hillsdale, in New York. Both in summer nd winter, in all their wanderings, he travelled are-foot. sutiering often from cold, hunger and itigue; but the kindness of his Indian sister, dio was very much attached to him, made his ife cheerful. The circumstances of tlie case rendered ithigliy probable that this was the lost boy ; age and ppearance corresponded, and the father's first onviction was that he indeed embraced his son ; loubts afterward arose as to his identity. Filley eturned to Michigan without the boy, to the stonishment and chagrin of his friends; and in ime circumstances came to light which tended oshow that this lad was the son of an Indian rnman bv a man of wealth and high political landing in Columbia county, New York, who md threatened th<* mother with punishment if he revealed the child's paterni y. The my>tery that enveloped this case has lever been cleared up. Filley does not believe he bov his own, though many of his neighbors l: d friends are inclined to to think otherwise, .nd suppose him influenced by the step-mother's inwillingness to receive the young stranger.? lis relatives, on the other hand, cling to the boief that it is the knt William, and the boy is iOw redding with Filley's sister, in Windsor, Connecticut. Exposurk of Sick Hivdoos on tiik Banks /< u;.. ?i r..n >f THB c ittlvt* iuc iuiiwwiii^ iiwiii Coneglietg'-r's Thirty-five years in the East. As we approached Bengal, I observed on >oth banks of the Ganges, a gradually inereasng number <?f cane mats, coverlets, drinking cssels. &c.; and also many sick persons ly. ng upon mats, die. On inquiring the cause*, I ootid that it was the custom of* the country iinong the poorer classes, that when a patient vas supposed to be. past all hope of recovery, lis relations conveyed him to the banks of the ranges, so that lie might die in the vicinity of he sacred river. The relations or friends of be patients visit the spot, to ascertain wheth :r they are still living; when death ensues, they lurchasc a sufficiency of wood to make a funeal pile, and commit the body to the fl.unes; vhen their means do not nfibr.i the expenses of loing this they merely burn a portion of tin* ace, and then push the body into the sacred iver. When a patient thus situated, happens o recover, he considers that he has as it were ' icqnired a new life, and thenceforth all his brrner relations and friends are treated as Granger*; lie never returns to the dwelling in vhieh he had formerly re>ided; but wanders lown the Ganges until he arrives at Santipore tear Calcutta, where he settles himself: and It s a curious fact, that pearly the whole popuation ofSaiitipore is composed of ruoh persons. I'hese people never again hold any eommuni:ation with those who have been nearest and learest to them, and they contract marriages unong themselves only. This town or colony ?the only one, perhaps ofits kind in the world nay be called the colony of convalescents. The Scientific American states on reliable luthority, that "if at two feet above the throat >f y our chimney, you enlarge the opening to louble the size of a space of two feet then cnry up the rest as at first, your chimney will lever 3inoke. An English paper states that several cases of Kooltli tmft itppn traced to nanerin/r rooms ; - r-r o villi green paper. The color is formed in part nth arsenic. In some parts of Germany this ;ind of paper has been forbidden by the authorties. There is a little girl in the State Lunatic iospital at Ilari isburg, who is but three years nd-a half old, and laboring under mental de. angement, produced by sickness. This is the ?< ly instance recorded in this country of one o young being afflicted in this form. Love thy friend with all his faults; none are vithout imperfections. Education. Education is a subject of the most vital ira portance, that can claim the attention of Amer can youth. Even our religious and moral chai acter is essentially influenced by a well directe pursuit of the treasures reserved for us in th store house of learning. Although the civilise* world have pretty generally become convince* of the importance of the subject, yet we fin* public opinion very far from being uniform rc specting it. When we compare the leame* with the unlearned in our own country, the ad vantages of education are not fully appreciated Pope says: "A little learning is a dangerous thing. Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring, For shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, But drinking largely, sobers it again." Yet we must admit that even a little learning sheds a benign radiancy over every departraen in life. In this country education has exertei an influence upon society, that every citizen mus feel; hence the advantages of education are no shared alone by the learned. Every man of evt ry grade, oft-very condition, the learned and th unlearned, the rich and the poor, are sharing th inestimable blessings that are every where pourei out upon us with an unsparing hand. The mai who has never had the opportunity of diggini for diamonds in the rich mines of literature am science, is in a great measure compensated fo the frowns of fortune, by mingling in good sc ciety, in ar. intelligent and well regulated com muuity. So great arc these advantages tlia many persons oecome intelligent without eve stepping upon the thrcshholds dedicated to learn ing. Hence the impossibility of arriving at jus conclusions on this subject, by comparing on class of society to another. But let me ask what has^slevated the condition of this grea Republic above the benighted regions of Asi: and Africa? Has nature been morp liberal in he gifts to us than to those we call savages an< 1 * * a n.-??/. T /?aI- of unv ntu oaroanans t v^eruuuj^ nm. >.v ...., .... every country where science lias never shed genial ray upon the human intellect and we so man the same miserable and degraded being We there see man but one remove from tin brute creation. The noble and dignified propel ties of his nature are there' concealed. We d< not there see the radiant face of virtue, gladen ing, beautifying and cheering the walks of life We do there see religion, tnat bright morninj star of human happiness,shedding a lustre upoi the world. We do not there see the eterna principles of honor, justice and humanity, cc twnting the bonds of social compact for the mi tual Ix-m-fit of all. and raising a forminable Iron against vice ami immorality. We do not ther see an enlightened judiciary holding in due re straint the most vile disturbers of the publi peace and protecting every man in the peaces ble |>ossession of the fruits of industry and fru galityi No. We find vice the constant com panion of ignorance. If we look into our prisons our poor houses, and penitentiaries, we shall fin< them peopled in ninety-nine cases out of a hue dr- d with those who have never had the advar tages of education. The same may l>e said c the the victims of intemperance. Those wh fall a prey tothat fell monster aregenerally tlios whose minds have not been fortified by the gold en gems of science and literature. We find most of our large towns and citie fWwlo.l with miserable beings, sunk to the low est depths of degradation and human folly; an we also find that in neatly every instance the are those whose minds are unimproved. The? are facts that defy all contradiction, and th? show in the most conclusive manner the supei lative blessings.of well directed education. Tli souls of our countrymen slain by infidelity an intemperance, with their associates in profligacy errors and vice, lifteth a cry high up into th Heavens. For these and kindred sins, the Ian mourns; and I can see no effectual remedy fc these giant evils, except in the proper educatio of the masses. Let us then as individuals, cac one contribute his part to stay the torrent ( corruption. A flood-tide of apparent prosperit may come as in the days of Roman glory, fillin up the channels of commerce, and satisfying th cravings of curiosity and ambition; but withot an enlightened public sentiment, it will soone or later have its ebb, and in its turn leave ot country a prey to the tempest, that has ovei whelmed in its resistless curse the mighties empires of the old world. History is a silent bi1 eloquent witness of its truth, and from her ur dying lamp sheds a stream of unceasing ligl along our pathway. The resources of this cour try are vast; her spirit bold and daring, and w can hut regard her as destined at no distant p< ri<xl, to take a more elevated and important st? lion in controlling the destinies of the work If she is but true to herself, she will stand in th front rank of the Sacramental Host, her Stai pouring light on the millennial morning, whil her spirit waking trumpet shall break upon th ears of slumbering millions. If we take a wide survey of the present cord tiou of man, and view him in every variety < character and condition, from the lowest depth rf fit rrrn flat inn and misery, to the mast enviabl summit of earthly happiness, wc an natural! led to enquire, what is the cause of sc great diversity in the human species? Why are nc beings equally virtuous and happy, wht are th children of one cotnmou parent, endowed by the Creator with the sinie unalienable rights, wli possess tbe same lofty and dignified propertit of fcoul ? Can any one hesitate a moment for reply ? Da we not sec the condition of ma elevated and depressed, just in proportion t the encouragement given to learning among th common people? If we consult the history ( the world, and trace man from the earliest daw of his recorded actions down to the present tinn wc shall find abundant proof that ignorance hfl ever been the strong hold of superstition, tyrar ny and vice. When knowledge is confined t the higher walks of life, the learned few trampl over the ignorant multitude, and practice upo them the vilest deceptions. There is no cout: try perhaps in which the common people are a intelligent as in the United States; and inn country are there so many inducements to edt cation. In a country like ours, in which the sup/cm authority is vested in the People, the geuerj diffusion of knowledge among all classes is of th imrwirfnnon. An intclliirent DeoDle alon gicnv^nt ""I'*" ?- - 0 J _ are capable of self-government. It is lament? ble that so great an apathy yet prevails upo this important subject. If young men and wc y * men would devote their leisure time to the pur i- suit of useful knowledge, they might soon be i- come blight ornaments to society. We see t r- Franklin emerging from the greatest obscurity d and by his own unaided efforts rising to disftnc e tion, and becoming one of the brightest stars ir d the firmament of his country's history. I would d not be understood that every man can become j d Franklin, but I would be understood.that every ?- one can become an intelligent and useful citizen d When we take a survey of the unlimited regions i- of learning, and our meditations run over the 1. names of all the sciences, with their numerous branches and particular themes of knowledge, we can b it reflect with how few of them we art acquainted. The most learned of mortals will never have occasion to act over again what is fabled of Alexander the Great, that when he had h conquered what was called the Eastern world, ^ he wept for want of more worlds to conquor.? ^ The worlds ofscience are innumerable and endless 11 as the starry host that l>edecks the vault of night, 1 But the most important of all knowledge, is selfj-knowledge. 'Know tfTyself,' was written in e j golden capitals upon the splendid Temple ol e l ru rtlma oa tlio mnst imnnrrhnf. maviin whicli v..~ ....J. ... 11 the wise men of Greece could hand down to unn born generations. It has been truly said, 'that ? man, the Lord of Creation, is the grand climax, ^ the master piece of all God's works with which r we are acquainted; and man's mind the master piece of man.' So the study of man's mind * towers far above all others. Yes, Knowledge is 1 power, aiftl more to be desired than all the trear surcs of earth combined; yea, it is more to be desired than the everlasting echo of Fame. t ? ? m ? , e Gentlemanly Accomplishments. t' Swear! Out upon such common attainment, So do the lowest and meanest that swim in the sinks of vice and drunkenness. There is not a j ruffian who cannot boast the same accomplishj rricnt. Every reeking den of deviltry has its proficients. The most degraded of humanity can swear as roundly as you. Hark ! You hear it on the Highway. In every spot where tipplers nnnrrrorro tVin nntli ia norf r\ f% avArtr Kraotli At g I W?I^I VgttVV biiv VHVU Id j'Ul U VI ?v?l J VIVUVIK Atl i night it comes with fearful distinctness from the dram shop. And yet you are as proud of youi foul-mouthed weakness, as though the vilest ol earth could not boast of the same. Chew Tobacco ! A loathsome spitting machine, eh! Beautiful and interesting apparatus, truly ! A self-spitting squirt-gun to eject the filthiest compound in creation ! A lama on two legs bespattering all within your reach, without ' piovocation even ! And because you eat tobacco and spit out the juice with mock dignity, you are a gentleman! Ho! Ho ! the race of fools are not yet extinct. Why you slavering beast, it is no rare accomplishment to eat tobacco!? You can't make your mouth fouler than the old ! vagabond who spends a shilling he has begged for the rum and a pound of plug. He can act as filthy as you can. Can't you believe it? Sec him spit once ! Mark the dark lines from each corner of his mouth, and the noisome 'tains 01 ^ his shirt busom. Rare accomplishment indeed : for n gentleman ! e Drir.k Champagne? Ha! Ha! Dear sir,the I whole land is full of just such suckers. The rag gedest, wiry haired, red nose, blear eyed ole ig bloat in Christendom, can get as rich and foolish and as drunk as you can. And what's the dif ^ ference ? From the actions, a looker on coulc n t determine what liquor the two had got drunl ^ on. The one spews in the gutter and the othei in his room. There is a difference in the quali r_ ty of the coats, but none in that of drtinkenness e The common sot can get as "owly" on commor j whisky, as you can on pure champagne. Yoi drink with respectable tipplers and drunkards g he with those who are graduated in the commor j whisky cellar. >r You are a gentleman, are you? Why an you ? Go well dressed, do you ? And so thai j makes a gentleman. Your whole aim of life i: ^ to adorn your person in a fashionable-suit o clothes, practice a most unnatural gait and whir ^ before the glass. A fine suit of clothes, sir, can ? not give a man a heart. You wear a moustache . or imperial! and so does a goat. A face mar [*r be covered with hair and no brains in the head ' Bear's grease and a fashionable twirl are all youi r dependence. Faknt Fer.v. it ,t Choice Ocom. [. Liberality is not giving largely, but giving ,t wisely. ? i- Life is half spent before we know what il e is. >. Maids want nothing but husbands, and ther i. they want everything. 1. Make choice of your wife by the ears, not th< e eyes. -s Make other men's shipwrecks thy sea marks e Manners makes a man. l0 Many come to bring their clothes to churcl rather than themselves, j. Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has )f no pleasures. is Marriage leapeth up upon the saddle, anc |e soon after repentance upon the crupper, y Masters should be sometimes blind, anc a sometimes deaf. >t Men can better suffer to be denied than to b< ,e deceived. ir Look not a gift horse in the mouth, o Neither look out far for troubles, nor be en >s ti;*ely unprcvided for them, a Never accuse others to excuse thyself. XT I n i"*ever carry a svvnru m yuur wnyuc w wuum o the reputation of any man. e Never do that in prosperity whereof yoi )f may repent in adversity, n Never marry without love, nor without rea son. us Never think of raising your reputation bj i- detraction. o Never wade in unknown water*, e Neither believe rashly, nor reject obstinate n ly. i- It is better to tread the path of life cheerfully a skipping over the thorns and briars that ob o struct your way than to sit down under everv i- hedge lamenting your fate. The thread oft cheerful man's life spins out longer than a man't e who is constantly sad and desponding. Pru tl dent conduct in the concerns of life is highly ? ? !> <? !f fll?)r?eo incporl rtaianf inr 0 llcut'^aaij liUl Miwv.v m wwvvvm, uvj?.vvivi e and despair will not afford relief. The hesi j. thing to be done when evil comes upon us, i< n not lamenting, but action?not to sit and suffei but to seek the remedy. A Sister's Love.. c 11 was a thoughtless youth,' said the Rev. p i Mr. , even more regardless of serious v , things than boys in general. But I had one a tie which bound me at home, and restrained p i me from all outward immoralities; this was a S I peculiar affection for tfiy sister. Fewlirothers r i and sisters, I think, ever loved each other as p we did. All our thoughts, feelings and plans . t . were shared together, atid neither could enjoy v i anything alone. A walk, a ride, a book or a > concert lost half its charm if Anna were away, g i and she was the first to soothe every rising sor- e , row. e ! 1 When I was seventeen, there was a revival p I of religion in the church to which my father be- a i longed, and Anna and I occasionally attended f< I the evening meetings. I noticed Anna was , very silent on her return from these; but as I did not care to s.iv anvtliinnr uDon the subieft. ? J J O I a ' \ I was content it should be so. Yet therfe a lurked within me an uneasy fear that she was h becoming more interested in religious things ji than I was. I could not bear the idea ; it even ft f mad'* me mad to think of my bright, lively tl i Anna's becoming a Christian, for I was certain p it would sjKiil her for me, and destroy our hap. o . piness in each other. I became more certain H , something was weighing on her spirits, for tii- p stead of moving merrily about the house, sing- ai ing snatches of gay songs, her step became tt slow and thoughtful, and her eye was down- r< i cast and often filled with tears. Yet with a g] cruel selfishness I refrained from asking what si disturbed her; and once when I saw her eye p resting on my face with an expression of in- p terest, I turned away from the beseeching d glance and left the room. t< ' The next morning 1 found a little note from ci . her on my table. I took it up with a feeling n t of bitterness in my heart, an,d crushing it thrust n . it into my pocket, determined not to read it, tl . so sure did I feel that it contained something li i about my soul's salvation. 1 was then a mem- n , ber of the academy, fitting fur college, and I c" uvnl. thft Rr-.hnnl-rnom. pndeavnrino'. bv unu- n > """* vw *" y ci "* / I Isual attention to my books, to. forget the cir- h . cumstance altogether. But a sense of my in- a justice stnote me, and in the course of the fore- d f noon I drew forth the note intending to read o it, but determined that it should exert no in- p . fiuence over me. I had even planned a reply '1 to it, in which I should beg her never to let tc . that subject be spoken of between us. And t< , yet my heart was so melted by the contents of d ; that little note, that before it was finished I t< . was forced to bow my head over the desk to ? i conceal my tears. It touched the right chord si i in my heart. She said she had told no one of t( ( the new hope of Heaven which was in her o . heart, because she must first speak of it to hi | me, as she had always done of-other feelings, la | and that she could not fully enjoy it without w , my sympathy. Yes, she was my own trusting, . loving Anna still. Becoming a Christian had i not made her cold and distant, as I had fanf cied it would; and when I went home I had g, I a long, frank conversation vj-h her. From J that point I date my first religious impressions -j ; ?to that dear sister's love and prayers I owe j, . my soul's salvation, so far as any human in- ^ [ stramentality is connected with it; and I need i not say that she was henceforth dearer to nie n . than ever. Yet, had she remained silent at u | this point, and had I learned the state of her c i feelings from others, a barrier would have been ^ r raised between us which might never have e - been removed. k * Do not fear to speak, young Christian, of p( i your new hopes and desiies to your dearest ^ i friend ; but speak tenderly, naturally and con- v ) fidingly, I need not add with humility also; for a i when was ever a human soul filled with the n love of Jesus, that it was not softened humj bled by it, and made'meek and lowly. n t is ? The Religion of the American Indians, v f ?Their religion is verv confused, and no two v 1 Indians have entirely the same belief. They h believe in a good and evil spirit; they pray to S i the latter to avert evils, but never to the former, tl ' saying that the good spirit only confers bene- 1. . fits, and, therefore, does not require praying \ r to: they are fire-worshippers, and believe in fi the transmigration of souls. The Natches it worshipped the sun, and kept a sacred fire con- 2 tinually burning; so that the sun and fire-worr shipper of Persia, the Brahmins, the Buddhists of India, as well as the Jews, and the devil j, t worshippers of Arabia, can each bring forward a claim of parentage! Their worship of fire j( i is partial, but very peculiar; they take it as g their " totem," or " tutelary deity," and will j( ; not on any account treat, a fire roughly, aU a ways replenishing and adjusting it with their . hands, believing that if it is touched with a n hatchet, knife, or any other instrument used in 6 i war, some one of the lodge will die. Other ? Indians take wolves, foxes, buffaloes, in fact j, s nearly every animal, for their totem, being care- jj ful never to injure one of the species unneces j; 1 oarilu Wh?n ?n fnHinn u/lincn tntnm ia thp , o?...T. , ? l( buffalo, kills one, he always makes n point of j, 1 turning its head towards the south, which is p( intended as a sign to the other buffaloes, that ^ 5 their fello\v-b(Euf is gone to the happy hunting- _ grounds. Before going on a war-path, the In- ^ dian generally tries to get an omen from his j( - totem. I could not find out on what princi- p pies their divination was carried on, but, if a warrior's path is crossed by his totem, nothing n 1 will persuade him to goon the war-path. The {, excessive superstition of the Indians has been |< i one of the chief reasons of their not having destroyed one another long ago. They will never go to war tiil their medicine men say the omens are propitious, even though ihey know \ r their enemy is unprepared; and sometimes they will delay a whole year, neglecting the P most favorable opportunities, before they s-trike a coup; whereas, if they had not been tram- . melled by their absurd fancies, they might have e , committed twice th* damage. Their belief in ^ - transmigration of souls must be partial; for, C ' from the manner they treat their horses and t dogs, you would not imagine they ever expecj ted to occupy a like position. As far as I s . could learn Irom the missionary the whole 1, ' sum ?>f their belief in a future state consists t| i in the idea, that there are two paths that the t spirits pursue after death, one to the south, i leading to the happy hunting-grounds, whero t] : the buffaloes swarm, and where they will never t< suffer from cold and hunger any more; the ^ ther to tin* north, where, In a TogiuO of-i&fc . M ietual cold, the evil spirit pas&'th a..lifeof * vant and misery?riitfier'revVfsing our belief % 8 to the temperature of the jdiioe of eternal . a lunishment. One tribe of the Dahc nt a "5 iioux, have a belief which bas. a remarkable 1 esernblance to the Mohammedan.firtfeth'? ath pursued- after death ; they Mjgye .iliat j he road to the village of the where warmth and plehtyexlst, leads oter.fl.rooc with n edge as sharp as a knife, on which titHf the " nod are 'able tu keep their footing; the witfk- '."j d fall off, and are severely &>g{jed diid work* . "J d by a relentless master, in a region of per?. '? etual cold below, very roach like the hridge^^ -v a slight as a spider's weh, over which.the faith,, il entered thert paradise. Sullivan's Rambletand Scrambles. ~ l- , 1 REiibiousExciTEMENT.? Religious trouble* * 3 ppear to be rife in Cincinnati. Lately they* . J ud a most exciting contes* for school director*, J| 1 which the Catholic candidates were all dc- 3 sated. A few days ago, David T. Suelliiaker, je Mayor of the city, forbid a Protestant streetreacher from, holding forth> on the Sabbath, n the pica that his sermons agamst thejCatho- J cs had the tendency of inciting to riot. t M reacher, however, disregarded the w&ririijg; a nd the very Sunday which hp was forbidden \ ) speak he mounted upon the bead of si in the midst of the market-.space, and was jj peaking to a crdwd of about a' hundred per- i jhs?, when the Mayor, attended by the-ivgpl?r olice and a large body of special officers, speared upon the-grouird and obliged himr Jto osi.st This was in the morning. In ihe afijrnoon of the same day a great Catholic proession, numbering, from five to ten thousand ien, with badges, flags, banners, and a large 4 umber of bands of music, marched through ; le streets, to lay the corner stone of-a Catho- ^ c church. The Catholic cbqrch hefts- were b ing during the whole time, the brass bands, oirtprehejiding nearly all* in the City1-were laying, and the.procession marched through' alf the town, blocking up tbe-streetf, making n ostentatious parade, which .created a grejti eal of excitement, sufficient to render some f the streets impassable to church gou^ pe^ ' le, and to disturb the stillness of J 'he Mayor had out a large police fpre.etopA!ct the procession, These tircomstan^es fed | > the holding of a large public meeting* vrhteto enounced the conduct of the Mayoji and. led" > the appointment of a hundred' ci$jj#ji?>bi>' 'ait upon him, and request his imiue&ater t$r gnatiun. The object of the Mayor appear* j > have been to prevent a riot.on the occasion 1 f the Catholic procession, but, in. doing.-so,- j e has thoroughly aroused the. Protestant popa ttion, and added fuel to a religious excitement 1 'hich was already very deep and bitter. Nat. Intelligtncer. Cdrious, tirr not AoBEEABtE.?I bav4pot pmpathy for machinery; the action of machines j f great power terrifies me by its impossibf&y. ^ 'here are some, above oil, employed for beat)g out metals, which do so to an alarming ex-, } ent Whatever these may happen to seize be- i: iveen their ~ron teeth, once seized, the thing j lust pass through a hole mofe or less great, awards which all fabricahle substances are ondurted. Of whatever size tbe thing may e when it goes i?, let it be a beam of the great- j st thickness, it will come out stretchedinto a / nitting-needle of the greatest- fineness. At __ 4L. i jr me macmne, it merely turns, that- 18 its usiness and its duty, and it matters not to it i rhat the substance is which it has to crash nd draw out. Yoa offer it an iron bar?ffce i wnster draws it to itself and devoors it. You on't take your hand back quickly enough, the - ] lachipe pinches the end of your finger, and ill i over. Yon may cry out hut if there lie do j workman present with a haiche to cut yCor ] /rist ofTafter the finger comes the band afte^the and the arm the head after the head the tody* Ihrieks, oaths, prayers, nothing will avail yon; he shortest plan for your friends or family is to >ok ontfor you on the othersideof the machine, fou went in a man, you come out a wire; in ve minutes you have grown two hundred feet; ; is curious but not*, agreeable.?Pictures <f j Travel in the South of France. Genius.?Whatever (nay be the walk of life 1 which a man may be cast, genius can find n opening to push its way. 1 could recount } jgends of noble fortunes by the score won by uch persons as an errand-boy, a weaver at the jom, a mason in the quarry, a ladder maker soldier in the ranks, a footman in the hall, ale sempstress, a rosy milkmaid?fortune*, I <j lean, won by genius in fair and honorable, and irnple business of their own. There is no department of lite where genius cannot found orig* lality ; there is no foothold too small or too lirtlKI^ fiti* rronino ^~ t. * u...u.v gwmu.i iu wnc no mgiii irum j luero 3 no sphere too obscure for genius to be fusered in. Pins and needles, jet blacking, pens, jj ik, dolls' eyes?none of them are too humble <. jr the display of genius in business. The utcher, the baker, the tailor, the shoemaker, re every one alike capable of possessing and isplaying in some way or another, .a^d at - ^ mgth magnificently enjoying in fruition the ^ ower of genius. ? ^ But it your mind should not tend to the origation of anything In the way of a new course ] 1 business, keep to the well-worn track, and ;t perseverance be your motto. Fisk Pricks.?At an estate sale-at Ashevil'e North Carolina,) last week, Negroes brought om $1,200 to $1,250, and other property i? roportion. Successors to Judge Gibson.?The Gov rnor of Pennsylvania has appointed John C. Lnox, esq., to succeed Judge Gibson, lately de- ? * eased. Popular Delusion.?It is a popular delu- >J ion to believe that an editor is a public bel?ws, bound to puff everything and everybody ^jj !iat wants to use him. Divide the property, real and personal in ie United states, equally among the iuhabi- Ijj nits, and each individual would pos?es* about 3m